Machine for sewing upholstered or tufted pads or cushions.



G. B. BRINK.

MAGHINE FOR SEWING UPHOLSTERED 0B. TUFTED PADS 0R GUSHIONS.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 2o, 1909.

1,042,641', Patented 0ct.29,1912.

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GEORGE B. BRINK; or sourir LYON, MICHIGAN,

SUPPLY eoiviPANY, or CHICAGO, ILIINoIs, r.

CORPORATION OF ILLINOS.

MACHINE FOR SEWING UPHOLSTERED R TUFTED FADS ORCUSHIONS.

Spcfcationrof Letters Patent.

Patenten oet. 29,1912.

Application fileill'ovcmber 20, 1909. Serial Eo. 529,088.

for Sewing Upholstered or Tufted Pads orv Cushions. of which the following is*A a specification, reference being accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to machines for sewingupholsteredror tufted pads or cushions, and consists in the mat-ters hereinafter described and then pointed out in the claims.

Iii-the accompanying drawings yFigure l is an` end view of a machine embodying the features of my invention with a cushion or pad in place; Fig. 2 is a side view' of Fig. l; and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views showing means for effecting the various adjustments of the table or shelf.

ln the drawings the reference letter A represents a suitable sewing mach-ineliead for sewing together the cover and backing and facing` materials along the edges of upholstered or tufted pads or cushions B, and (j is a frame or base upon which thc machine is supported.

The. letter D indicates a table or shelf which is horizontally arranged and adjust- Aably mounted upon the frame or base, bei-ng of approximately the length of the long side of an upholstered pad or cushion for automobile or couch constructions as the case may be. The table or shelf is suitably cut away at intervals along its length and rollers lll are suitably journalcd in the recesses formed by the cut away portions, the purpose of this construction being to support or carry the pads or cushions upon these rollers so that they may be more easily moiful thereon lengthwise of the table or shelf.

ln carrying ont my invention l preferably malte the table or shelf adjustable vercalliv or toward and away from the mae head so that it will accommodate pads cushions of different sizes to bring their edges; in position to be operated upon by the sewing machine. and the table 0r shelf is also preferably adapted to be adjusted lon- :titudindlly or tilted more or less in the direction of its length so as to be set at an nella.; order to expedite the movement ot @Sie pad or cushion along it, and the table had Vtherein to theyjusted laterally or away from the frame of .the machine in order to throw the edges to' vbetween the needles. For" be sewed farther these purposes I preferably support the table or shelf by means of a pivoted leaf F,

ASSIGNOR T0 TUFTING BLACHE` or shelf is also preferably adapted to be ad which carries theftable' or shelf at' its free end and is pivoted to the frame at its otherV endby a hinge as at G. By means of the pivotal construction of the leaf, the shelf may be `adjusted laterally or toward and away from the frame, being held in adjusted l position by any suitable means such as the curved sector H secured to the leaf or table and passing through a bearing I in which it is held in adjusted position by means of a set screw K. .ln order to provide for the vertical adjustment of the table or shelf, the leaf is preferably provided vwith an adjustable section L which slides longitudinally on the leaf and is held in adjusted posit-ion by any suitable means as a pin M on the leaf adapted to enter any one of a series of holes in the adjustable section. In order togprovide for the angular adjustment or tilting of the table or shelf, the latter is supported by means of the curved bracket N which is adjustably held by P carried by the adjustable section L.

. The supportfor the cushions is adjustable angularly in two planes at right angles to each other; by means of the vertical adjustment the table or shelf may be adjusted to and from the sewing machine head so that cushions or pads of various sizes may rest upon the table and have their edges brought into position to be operated upon by the machine, While by means of the angular adjustment the table may loe tilted or inclined more or less to the horizontal so that the cushion or pad is more readily and easily slid along the table to pass the needles of the sewing machine, and by means of the lateral adjustment the lower edge of the table may be adjusted more or less away from the frame of the machine so that the edges of the cover and backing to be sewed will be projected farther inward between the needles.

I claim 1. In a device of the class described, a frame having a sewing machine head, a leaf pivoted upon the` frame below the head,'a table or shelf mounted in substantially horizontal position on the leaf to support a pad a set screw O in a bearing and facing y i tudinally on the leaf to incline the 'pad 2..In a device of the class described, a.

frame having a-sewing machine head, a

leaf pivoted upon the frame below the head,

va table or shelf mounted in substantially horizontal position on theleaf-tovsupport a pad or cushion with its edge at the needle of the machine, means to tilt the tablelongi- A tudinally on the leaf to incline the pad, and

means to hold the leaf laterally away from the base.

.3. In a device of lthe class described, a frame having a sewing machine head, a leaf copi-es of this patent may be obtained for pivotedion the frame below the hea-d and provided'fvithfa section adjustable longitudinally thereof, a table or shelfpivoted on the adjustable section of the leaf to sup- A- -port a .ad or cushion with its edge at the needle of the machine, means to hold the table in adjstedvposition on said section,

vand means to adjust the inclination ofthe leaf on the' frame. In testimony whereof I aliixtmy signature in presence of tWo'Witnesse-s.

' GEORGE B. BRINK. `VVit-nesses: GEORGE R. HARBAUGH,

J. .MGROBERTS- ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents' Washing-ton, D. C. 

